Innocence: head of a young girl
Oil Painting
ca. 1820 (painted)
ca. 1820 (painted)
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Most of William Etty's portraits date from early in his career; he later abandoned them to concentrate on the large mythological subjects for which he was most admired during his lifetime. This pensive portrait of a young girl shows the stylistic influence of his teacher, the fashionable portraitist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Although painted around 1820, it may have been exhibited at the Society of Arts in London in 1849.
Object details
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| Title | Innocence: head of a young girl (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'Innocence: Head of a Young Girl', William Etty RA, ca. 1820 |
| Physical description | An oval head-and-shoulders portrait of a young girl in three-quarter profile. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882. Farr (1958) suggests that this may be the portrait of Miss Wallace painted in 1820 and exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1849. A variant canvas is owned by the RA. |
| Historical context | This painting is similar to contemporary works by Sir Thomas Lawrence, with whom Etty studied. |
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| Summary | Most of William Etty's portraits date from early in his career; he later abandoned them to concentrate on the large mythological subjects for which he was most admired during his lifetime. This pensive portrait of a young girl shows the stylistic influence of his teacher, the fashionable portraitist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Although painted around 1820, it may have been exhibited at the Society of Arts in London in 1849. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 85 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 498-1882 |
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| Record created | June 1, 2006 |
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